Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Highly Specialised Occupational Therapist Band 7 (Rotational)
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The Therapies Team at the Royal Free Hospital
The Therapies team at the Royal Free Hospital is innovative, creative, and truly inter-disciplinary. This team always focuses on delivering high quality, patient-centred care. Our team is friendly and supportive with a strong emphasis on supportive supervision, an active learning environment, staff welfare, and teamwork using the “What matters to you?” framework.
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This fantastic opportunity awaits dynamic, motivated Specialist Occupational Therapists looking to develop clinical, operational, and leadership skills, as we are currently seeking experienced occupational therapists to join our therapy (rotational) team as Bank staff.
About the Role
The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification. You should have proven experience of working in the relevant areas of clinical therapy services.
If you believe you meet the criteria of the person specification and would like to join the Royal Free bank at this time, we would be interested in receiving your applications.
Main Duties for the Post Holder
- To be responsible for the provision of Occupational Therapy ensuring that services support the discharge of patients by providing specialist assessment and discharge planning.
- To work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure timely discharge from the acute setting.
- To work flexibly across different settings in order to meet the service’s needs.
- Requires highly skilled time management and priority skills during the working day.
- To work autonomously under both direct and indirect supervision.
- Requires the ability to perform manual handling tasks such as the hoisting and/or transfer of patients, fitting and delivery of ADL equipment, and basic IT skills.
- Ensures clinical effectiveness of OT intervention incorporating evidence-based practice and professional standards.
- Line manages and supervises qualified Therapy, support staff, and students, while leading on and complying with professional and departmental standards of practice within own clinical area.
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About Us
Our mission is to deliver world-class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world-class teaching and research, and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe, and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers, and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Michael Honnery
Job title: Occupational Therapist (Lead)
Email address: michael.honnery@nhs.net
Telephone number: 020 7794 0500
Temporary Staffing | Recruitment Services
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free Hospital
PO Box 50, Civic Centre, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3XA
Tel: 02078302065
Internal extension: 23400 Option 3
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